Recommended update for logrotate

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2843-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • Magnum Orchestration 7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for logrotate provides the following fixes:

  • Fixed an error while renaming to already existing files that was causing logs to stop rotating. (bsc#1028353)
  • Make sure log files continue to rotate properly when a stale status file is found. (bsc#1057801)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-1766=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1766=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1766=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1766=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1766=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1766=1

Package List:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64)
    • logrotate-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • logrotate-debugsource-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.7-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • logrotate-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • logrotate-debugsource-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.7-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • logrotate-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • logrotate-debugsource-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.7-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • logrotate-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • logrotate-debugsource-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.7-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • logrotate-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • logrotate-debugsource-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.7-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • logrotate-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • logrotate-debugsource-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.7-4.7.1

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